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单词 lite
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lite


lite

L0161700 (līt)adj. Slang 1. a. Having fewer calories or less of an ingredient than a food or beverage of the same kind: lite beer; lite salt.b. Having less weight than others of the same kind: lite trucks.c. Less serious, severe, difficult, or extensive than others of the same kind: "lite music, shimmering on the surface and squishy soft at the core" (Mother Jones).2. Used after a common noun or especially a proper noun to indicate that something, such as a work or action, is less serious, severe, difficult, or extensive than what is considered typical of the specified noun: "Compared with 'Gravity's Rainbow' or 'V.' ... this novel is Pynchon Lite" (Michiko Kakutani).
[Alteration of light.]

lite

(laɪt) adj1. (Cookery) (of food and drink) containing few calories or little alcohol or fat2. denoting a more restrained or less extreme version of a person or thing: reggae lite. [C20: variant spelling of light2]

lite

(laɪt)

adj. an informal, simplified spelling of light 2 , used esp. in labeling, naming, or advertising commercial products. lite′ness, n.

-lite

or -lyte

a combining form used in the names of minerals or fossils: aerolite; rhyolite. Compare -lith. [< French, simplified form of -lithe < Greek líthos stone; similarly German -lit, earlier -lith]
Thesaurus
Adj.1.lite - having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet"calorie-free, low-cal, lightfat-free, fatless, nonfat - without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk"
Translations

lite


lite

(spelling)(Misspelling of "light", when used to mean"lightweight") A suffix denoting a scaled-down or crippledproduct, often designed to be distributed without charge,e.g. on a magazine coverdisk. An example is pklite.

light

1. An aperture through which daylight is admitted to the interior of a building. 2. A pane of glass, a window, or a compartment of a window. 3. An artificial source of illumination. Also see ceiling light, dead light, divided light, dome light, elliptical fanlight, fanlight, lantern light, leaded light, pavement light, quarter-round light, semi-circular light, semielliptical light, sidelight, skylight, sodium light, sunburst light, transom light. 4. A spirelight.

Lite


A label claim on a food package asserting that it has one-third fewer calories or 50% less fat per serving

LITE


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LITELooking Inward Toward Education
LITELimited Interoperability Test and Evaluation
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LITELaboratory Integration Test Executive (software program developed by Boeing Rotocraft to replace GASS)

lite


  • adj

Synonyms for lite

adj having relatively few calories

Synonyms

  • calorie-free
  • low-cal
  • light

Related Words

  • fat-free
  • fatless
  • nonfat
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